trains

Railway electrification of India by State in 2024

Start of Amtrak’s Mardi Gras Service sees further delay (www.trains.com)

Rep. Steube Introduces Make Autorail Great Again Act to Rebrand DC Metrorail as WMAGA and Trump Train (steube.house.gov)

A local train station shot from a bridge nearby

It’s shot with an old compact camera from 2010 in low light conditions, so I hope that explains the potato quality. It’s crazy how much better my phone’s camera is (and it’s not even a fancy expensive phone). Still, I’m going to continue using my old camera, I’m a sucker for old tech.

Coaster double-deck coaches unveiled (www.railwaygazette.com)

Watco to acquire Great Lakes Central Railroad (www.railwaygazette.com)

Court rejects VTA request for order to end strike for technical reasons (www.trains.com)

Sound Transit Celebrates Transit-Oriented Development Project Groundbreaking (www.rtands.com)

Legislator Calls For State to Sell Alaska Railroad (railfan.com)

For Competing Railroads, What’s New Is Old (www.railwayage.com)

The reason we stay in school, pursue advanced degrees, merge and acquire competitors is to increase market power. The former two are celebrated by society, the latter two often derided negatively as anticompetitive and made subject to regulatory and judicial punishment.

Amtrak-Sponsored Texas HSR Takes a Step Closer – But to What? (www.railwayage.com)

The big buzz and bigger controversy around Texas during the past several years has been a proposal by a company called Texas Central to build and operate a high-speed rail line between Downtown Dallas and a point in the Houston area, about eight miles from downtown Houston where two highways intersect, a great spot for a parking...

Metra Seeks Feedback on Renaming Commuter Lines (railfan.com)

BNSF hauling grain cars through a snowy a Columbia River Gorge (youtu.be)

Steam locomotive in Cluj-Napoca train station (Romania)

:) Another angle of the locomotive.

China to launch 'silver trains' with themed routes and specialized products for the elderly - Global Times (www.globaltimes.cn)

China's HSR has served 22 billion passengers since 2009

China Plans ‘Silver Trains’ to Encourage Aging Population to Travel (www.bloomberg.com)

On Tuesday, the Culture and Tourism and Commerce ministries, along with China State Railway Group Co., issued a guideline action plan to launch trains specifically designed for retiree tourists. A nationwide “silver tourist train” network featuring “diversified tourist routes, a wide range of tourism themes and...

SAR unveils designs of 'Dream of the Desert' luxury train (tradearabia.com)

California's Coast Rail Corridor: an overview (www.slocog.org)

In November 2024, the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) awarded the latest round of funding to various transit and rail projects, including $63 million towards development of the Coast Rail Corridor. This corridor will link the existing, successful rail systems in Northern and Southern California by conventional...

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